Chapter 691: Yan Xishan, who lost everything

Tang Qiuli was worried that Okamura Ningji faced the current predicament and had plans to retreat to Taiyuan, which was not the result he wanted to see, the more than 100,000 Japanese troops gathered on the bank of the Yellow River were already in his overall plan, but the troops outflanked from the rear had not yet reached the designated position, and it would take time to complete the deployment.

At this time, Okamura Ningji ran, and lost an excellent opportunity to annihilate the main force of the Japanese army, he was ready to give Okamura Ningji a little sweetness, so as not to make this old devil completely desperate, Yongheguan Ferry is the best choice, he invited Xiao Jinguang, commander of the garrison of the Eighth Route Army of Yongheguan, to come to Wubao to negotiate, and Chen Feng, director of communications, sent a telegram in.

Mei Ling and the cadet platoon of the Dingbian Military Academy led by him were missing, not only lost contact with the company, but also lost contact with the command of Wubao, Tang Qiu centrifuged his head, to be honest, he was very worried about the safety of Meiling, the battle form in the Luliang Mountains, in a situation where the enemy is strong and we are weak, and it is an enemy-occupied area, far away from the rear, a small unit deep behind the enemy, and any unexpected situation may occur.

But what the telegram said was not clear, in the name of the division commander, he sent a telegram to the company where Meiling was located, asking for a detailed explanation of the reason, thought for a while, and told Chen Feng, who was about to leave with the telegram, "Director Chen, about Meiling, don't tell Director Mei and the two sisters for the time being, so as not to worry about them," Chen Feng glanced at Tang Qiuli and thought to himself, the division commander is really careful and considerate enough, such a man is a blessing for the woman who married him.

The supreme commander of the independent division sent the telegram directly to an ordinary company, which was unique in the history of the independent division, and the company commander who received the telegram couldn't help but tremble, and his first thought was, "Who is this trainee platoon commander Mei Ling, who is the division commander?" Can the division commander send a telegram to inquire about this matter? He didn't dare to slack off, and immediately reported in detail what happened at that time.

Four days ago, the 5th Company of the 1st Battalion of the 3rd Brigade of the Yellow River Defensive Corps, where Meiling is located, directly inserted itself into the Cangerhui area in the hinterland of the Luliang Mountains in accordance with the established operational arrangements, and after occupying a mountain pass, they found that the Japanese troops coming from the direction of Taiyuan were beaten hard by the 5th Company, knocking down nearly 100 Japanese soldiers.

After a few days of circling in the mountains, they could not get rid of the entanglement of the Japanese army, this Japanese army, as if they had received a death order, did not kill them and swore not to give up, the Japanese troops of the two squadrons, the strength of which was just more than double theirs, and what was worse was that the Japanese army called more than one squadron of troops to garrison Wenshui pressed from the south, and the troops were in danger of being surrounded again.

The company commander urgently convened a meeting and decided to leave a platoon of troops to block the Japanese army and cover the main force to break through, this is a dangerous task, Meiling on behalf of the cadet platoon, resolutely asked to take on the task of blocking, the company commander said nothing and did not agree, in his opinion, these cadets of the military academy, they are not afraid of death in battle, but compared with the other three platoons, the heat is still a little bit worse, besides, these people are baby bumps.

Time is running out, the gunfire of the little devil has come to the front, under the repeated insistence of Meiling and other students, the company commander had no choice but to agree to their request, not at ease, there are six experienced squad leaders transferred from the other three platoons, this platoon led by Mei Ling, there are 51 people, equipped with four mortars, two heavy machine guns, eight light machine guns, the firepower is very powerful, in order to facilitate communication, the two radio stations of the fifth company were assigned to Meiling and them one.

After the fifth company broke through, it lost contact with the cadet platoon, they had returned to the blocking position, only to see bullet shells everywhere, it can be seen that the battle was very fierce at that time, after a few days of searching, there was no result, the cadet platoon was like the world evaporated, the company commander had to report the situation to the regiment, the regiment headquarters did not dare to slack off, and reported to the headquarters.

Tang Qiuli saw that Wulian called back, and he had nothing to do, however, one thing is certain, the cadet platoon was not completely annihilated, at least it was successful in breaking through, and there was no body of the cadets on their blocking position, so they could only wait, Tang Qiuli sent a telegram to Tang Qiuquan again, "Brother Qiuquan, Meiling and the whereabouts of the cadet platoon in the area of Cangerhui in Luliang Mountain District are unknown, please ask the special operations detachment to assist in finding it, and if there is news, immediately telegraph, "This is a private matter, Tang Qiuli cannot give an order at all."

Qiuquan, who received the telegram, didn't think so, he knew Tang Qiuli's thoughts, Meiling was one of his closest relatives, if there was an accident, the second elder of the Mei family might not know how to be sad, and immediately ordered three special operations detachments to immediately go deep into the Luliang Mountains to find the whereabouts of the student platoon, everything that should be done was done, Tang Qiuli's heart was in the air, facing the table of meals prepared by Mei Ting and Mei Xue, he couldn't raise his appetite, the Mei sisters saw him absent-minded, looked at each other, and didn't ask the reason, just silently accompanied him to eat.

This made Tang Qiuli even more unable to face the eyes of the sisters, Mei Ting suddenly put down her rice bowl, ran outside the door and vomited, Tang Qiuli was startled, hurriedly ran out, shouted to the guards, go to the military doctor, Mei Ting covered her mouth, and glared at him with disgust, "What a fuss, and you're not afraid to call the entire command headquarters?" ”

Tang Qiuli was puzzled, and asked with concern: "If you are sick, how can you do without seeing a doctor?" Mei Ting gave him a meaningful look, did not speak, just returned to the house, Chen Feng came over, holding a telegram, it was Yan Xishan, the content of the telegram changed the true character of Chief Yan, in a word, low-key, very pitiful, according to him, the remnants of the Jin army, even gruel can not drink, it is almost pants, and is often pursued by the Japanese, cornered, please Vice Chairman Tang to indicate the direction of the next action.

"Vice Chairman Tang and Commander-in-Chief of the Yellow River Basin Theater Xun Jian, our Jin Army troops, fell through the Taigu, Jinzhong, Taiyuan Campaign, in the face of the superior Japanese army besieged on several sides, the loss of troops, helpless to retreat to the northwest of Shanxi Shuozhou area, to preserve strength, in order to make a comeback, unexpectedly, the Japanese army in hot pursuit, after more than ten days of hard fighting, more than half of the troops were killed and wounded, plus the halfway escapees, now there are less than 8,000 troops left, of which the wounded amounted to 3,500 people, and the soldiers have no fighting spirit, will have no fighting spirit, internal and external difficulties, the situation is precarious, The Jin army is under the jurisdiction of the Yellow River Basin Theater, and the ministry asked the commander-in-chief of the Tang Dynasty to ask the Jin army where to go, but all the orders of the vice chairman of the Tang Dynasty, Baichuan and the soldiers of the Jin army, all obey the orders, Yan Xishan. This is what Yan Xishan's telegram is all about.

Tang Qiuli smiled coldly, Yan Xishan now remembered that he was under the command of the Yellow River Valley Theater, he had hundreds of thousands of male soldiers in his hands, sitting in Taiyuan, and when he was proud of the land of Sanjin, how could he not see him have such an attitude, this person is now showing weakness, completely putting himself in the position of his subordinates, he can bend and stretch, he is a shrewd and powerful character, with the speed of his head, sooner or later he will understand the inside story of this Shanxi campaign, and he will also find out his strategy of killing people with a knife.

Yan Xishan is finished, he lost all his capital, and he found that he would not be saved when he saw death, then the enemy would be big, with Yan Xishan's character, he would never knock out his teeth and swallow it in his stomach, and leave him in Shanxi, sooner or later there will be a big problem, the so-called "fighting a snake does not die but suffers from it", can he not have a chance to turn over, but where is it appropriate?

That is, he can't leave his sight, and there is no way to make waves, breaking his plan to make a comeback, Tang Qiu turned a few times from his eyes, and if he has it, it is the most suitable place in Dingbian, that is his own nest, Yan Xishan is an outsider, there is no foundation, forgive him and do nothing, find an opportunity to send him to Nanjing, let Chairman Jiang arrange him, in short, leaving Shanxi, Yan Xishan is a fish without water.

I made up my mind and immediately sent a telegram back to Yan Xishan: "Brother Baichuan, a series of battles in Shanxi, the Jin army's appearance is remarkable, and there are many excellent works, especially the best with the brother's personal training brigade, I have reported the achievements of the Jin army to the Nanjing Military Commission, and ask Brother Baichuan to report the list of meritorious soldiers and apply for the military committee's commendation, and will inform the whole people of the deeds of the sons of the Three Jin Dynasty who bravely killed the enemy." ”

"The Jin army has been tired for a long time, when the timely rest, the northwest of Jin is sparsely populated, the materials are scarce, and the place is under the threat of the Japanese army, it is not an ideal place to rest, the younger brother has a built, the Jin army troops, can be moved to the Dingbian Special Economic Zone to rest, with my Dingbian manpower and material resources, will definitely help the Jin army to regain its strength as soon as possible, Brother Baichuan can take up the post of vice chairman of the Military and Political Committee of my Dingbian Special Economic Zone, the above construction is proper, I am anxious for Brother Baichuan to reply to Tang Qiuli and the front line command of Wubao Ferry."

Tang Qiuli looked at the reply he personally drafted, quite complacent, let you Yan Xishan be as cunning as a ghost, and you have to drink my footwater, he has eaten Yan Xishan's psychology, if this iron abacus is not desperate, he will definitely not bow in front of him, he has no other place to go, he can only follow the path he has drawn, besides, after all, Dingbian is separated from Shanxi by a Yellow River, such a temptation, Yan Xishan must not be able to resist.

Yan Laoxi arrived at Dingbian, that was a piece of meat on the side of his mouth, not at his mercy, to give him a false position as vice chairman, but also to give an explanation to Nanjing, Yan Xishan's problem was completely solved, thinking of this, he couldn't help but laugh, Chen Feng had goosebumps all over his body, what was the division commander paying attention to?

Yan Xishan, who received the telegram, sat on the pit of the black goolong cave, bowed his head and was silent for a long time, the senior generals of the Jin army around him did not know the content of the telegram, but they could see the demeanor of Chief Yan, as if the ancestral tomb had been dug up, Yan Xishan raised his head and looked at his subordinates who had followed him for many years, his eyes flashed with a dark light, his expression was very tired, and he looked lonely and helpless.

After a long time, he commanded in a hoarse voice: "Call back to the surnamed Tang, just say that I, Yan Baichuan, accept his arrangement and immediately rush to Dingbian," The tone of these words was full of incomparable distress and pain, and there was confusion.

(To be continued)